“I love the way you take a walk,” Angel sings on Acrobat. Her songs unfold like those walks, which lead you down paths, and circle back through life while you were lost in thought. Angel Olsen’s simple lyrics become pure wordplay, reflecting the rustic, earnest quality of her powerful…

It’s a hard fact, in this reviewer’s opinion, that listening to anything twice will embed it into your musical memory. Think of any toy commercial, those horribly catchy jingles, and you’ll get what I’m talking about. What we choose to do with this uncanny human ability – to enjoy what we…

Let yourself be lured in to this ominous landscape, and you might find familiar territory – if you’re a fan of guitar-noodling done right. “They Are Out For Blood” is resplendent with the sound of washed-out retro synthesizers and twangy old guitars driven through fuzzed-out tube amps, and filled with…

For the seemingly depraved depths to which Thought Forms reach on their bold second album, “Ghost Mountain,” they sore equally high in magnificent swells on songs that seem to breathe life even where there is no air. Having taken five years between albums definitely shows, as the band has carefully constructed…

Artifiseer, otherwise known as Ian Livingstone, has been weaving the magic of electronic music into his craft since his 2012 with the debut tracks Blown Fuse/ Rumours Of A Murder. While the artist released Enigma EP earlier in June, his attention is already focused on future endeavors. “Well, back…